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Overload “Dynamic C++, Part I” Article

The first part of “Dynamic C++” article has been published in the ACCU Overload Journal.


“C++ Now” Presentations

On Thursday, May 16 2013, there will be two POCO-related presentations at the C++ Now conference in Aspen, Colorado: Dynamic C++ This is a “replay” of ACCU Conference 2013 presentation from Bristol, UK. Look Ma, “update DB to HTML5 using C++”, no hands! This is an “upgrade” of the Silicon Valley Code Camp 2012 presentation, […]


Dynamic C++ in a nutshell

Slides are available on SlideShare Courtesy of Schalk Cronjé tweet – his notes on the ACCU 2013 Dynamic C++ presentation:


Release 1.4.6p1 Available

Stable release 1.4.6p1 contains various bugfixes and a few minor new features. See the CHANGELOG for the details. Get the source code from the download page or directly from GitHub.


Library AutoiNEATialization

In some of POCO libraries (Net on Windows, Data back-ends, Crypto, NetSSL …), there is a need for early library initialization. This task has been done so far in a couple of ways (neither elegant) – we either (1) call initialization (repeatedly) from some strategic points in the library (Net, SSL) that we know will […]


New Applied Informatics Blog

Over at the Applied Informatics website we have a new blog. The articles posted so far have covered topics like the Internet of Things, using POCO on Windows CE and iOS and Implementing UPnP Control Points on the iPhone.


Dynamic C++ at ACCU 2013

On April 11 2013, at the ACCU 2013 conference in Bristol (UK), a 90 minute “Dynamic C++” tutorial  will be presented: Data from external sources comes in diverse types and brings along the need for datatype conversion. How can a C++ programmer accurately and efficiently transfer data from relational or XML database to JSON or HTML without stumbling […]


Releases 1.4.6 and 1.5.1 Available

Stable release 1.4.6 brings some bugfixes and minor enhancements. See the CHANGELOG for the details. This is planned to be the last release in the 1.4 series. Development release 1.5.1 is a major step towards the next stable 1.6.0 release planned for this spring. See the CHANGELOG for what’s new. Get the source code from […]


Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from the POCO C++ Libraries and Applied Informatics teams and all the best wishes for 2013!


POCO 1.5.1 pre-release is on GitHub

Current development branch is now frozen and tagged as 1.5.1 pre-release in GitHub. Until release, the development branch will remain frozen and any changes will be pushed to separate branches. Please download or check it out, run some tests, report bugs, etc. git clone https://github.com/pocoproject/poco.git Download links (LF line ending only!): https://github.com/pocoproject/poco/archive/poco-1.5.1-pre-release.zip https://github.com/pocoproject/poco/archive/poco-1.5.1-pre-release.tar.gz Latest Commit: […]